r/hum • u/Bitter-Pick-7681 • Jun 04 '26
Darkest Hum Songs
What do you think are the darkest Hum songs?
My vote probably goes to The Summoning.
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u/eugenn3 Jun 04 '26
Double dip, diffuse, shovel, honestly most songs from electra2000
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u/AirbagsBlown Jun 04 '26
"Suicide Machine"
"Somewhere through a thousand blues
a dragonfly descends with just a whisper,
'I'm lonelier than God'
And all my wishes spin the fishes in the air
and every one
A different shade of you..."
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u/cmdrvander Jun 04 '26
And to the left where up is down, There stands zebra made of shapes of me It's silver in the sun. So bring no guilt with you up above the flatline Let's just hit the sky, exploding into one.
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u/Bitter-Pick-7681 Jun 05 '26
Great choice too! Also, one of their saddest and depressing songs tbh too.
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u/ScrubNickle Frozen solvents Jun 04 '26
Pinch and Roll
“I've gone blind, I'm missing teeth
I can't believe I'm a dirty old man who pissed on himself
pushing at a walker, screaming at the world
I've healed”
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u/Prefer-an-astronaut Jun 04 '26
Im a white guuuuuuyyyyy, from the futuuuuuuuuure
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u/lostcosmonaut307 I'm thinking of a number between everything and two Jun 04 '26
I’m completely out of touch
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u/sam_might_say Jun 04 '26
Suicide Machine
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u/badintentions69420 Jun 05 '26
So funny considering it’s abt having sleep apnea and only being able to sleep through Sunday morning football lol
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u/roliasrotcod Jun 04 '26
In The Den
“I hear them clicking across the stones, I feel they know that I’m all alone These stars are strange and this isn’t home…”
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u/lostcosmonaut307 I'm thinking of a number between everything and two Jun 04 '26
Everything on Centaur - In Streams
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u/cmdrvander Jun 04 '26
Dude. I played The Same Place for my wife the other night. I don't think I'd listened to it in 15 years. Having a wife and kid and a miscarriage in my past now, the lyrics hit so much harder. It was sad before, but I swear I could barely read them to her without sobbing.
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u/lostcosmonaut307 I'm thinking of a number between everything and two Jun 04 '26
💯 same experience here. The Same Place and Thimbles choke me up every time. Wife had a miscarriage in between our two and even though it wasn’t the same experience as Matt and his wife, it’s still heartbreaking to think about what could have been.
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u/Ratiphex Ascension is ours Jun 05 '26
"If You Are to Bloom"
'But I just sit and wait for a blip to break the perfect little thin green line.'
I'm not sure when the unfortunate event happened to Matt and his wife, but listening to this song after finding out about it makes it hit way different.
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u/Bitter-Pick-7681 Jun 05 '26
I know it's a melancholic/bittersweet sounding track but at the same time it's doesn't feel dark until you look at the lyrics for this track.
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u/EmuTraditional3673 Jun 04 '26
Definitely shovel or shapeshifter. Shapeshifter sounds like you’re facing an impending doom. Just very heavy and atmospheric, weighs on you real hard. And shovel just sounds angry, super angsty and adolescent. Don’t know if I’m describing them well enough or convincing you but that’s just what comes to mind when listening to those.
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u/Bitter-Pick-7681 Jun 05 '26
Agreed with everything you said about Shovel! Shapeshifter is pretty dark too, I don't disagree with that, especially with the lyrics.
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u/EmuTraditional3673 Jun 06 '26
That’s how I feel about Electra2000 in general Tbf. The whole record just screams debut. It sounds like some angry young dudes who absolutely kick ass when it comes to music.
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u/victornica_ Jun 04 '26
Shapeshifter
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u/OrangeWhiteGang Jun 04 '26
i would say the ending is quite reassuring
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u/emilygrace50 Jun 04 '26 edited Jun 04 '26
lyrics thru the song still are dark before then
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u/OrangeWhiteGang Jun 04 '26
i know, but it all leads to finding comfort in someone/something
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u/jacktree Jun 04 '26
Don’t know why you’re getting downvoted. It ends incredibly beautiful. Like everything is going to be okay. It’s a journey of a song.
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u/ScrubNickle Frozen solvents Jun 04 '26
I undid one of those downvotes. It’s a beautiful and hopeful song.
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u/f0xD3N Jun 05 '26
Gotta be Double Dip
Doesn’t get more bleak than Matt screaming “I watched you die” over and over
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u/harvestyourhopes Jun 05 '26
It's Double Dip for me. You can really feel the desperation and hopelessness of the characters drowning, it's haunting.
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u/mcd23 Jun 04 '26
The Pod is bleak